Credit: Christopher Evans

UMass coach Mark Whipple had a short week to formulate a significant contingency plan.

Whipple will make a game-time decision whether to start injured quarterback Blake Frohnapfel in tonight’s Mid-American Conference clash with Akron at InfoCision Stadium. The Minutemen are 3-7 overall and 3-3 in the MAC while the Zips are 4-6 and 2-4.

Frohnapfel was putting up huge numbers (28-for-44, 424 yards) when he suffered a deep bone bruise in his right leg in the second quarter of last Wednesday’s 24-10 victory over Ball State at McGuirk Stadium.

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